Prefs!?!?!?

Kiroku6 · Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 9:14 pm Post subject: Prefs!?!?!?

I am setting up linux for the second time (i know that may sound weird, but i have no idea what kernel or filesystems to use. I would like to know what you would reccomend. I would like to try Reiser4, but am not confident enough in my abilities yet. Sorry for this newbish thread, i am rather excited, my computer is almost done (i ordered the last parts on sunday).

adaptr · Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 9:40 pm Post subject:

Maybe if you could sum those up for us, we could give you a few pointers.
I'd stay off reiser4 for the time being - it isn't final yet, and you don't want to hose your filesystem 99% through the install ;-)

Other than that - take a 2.6.x kernel, it rocks.
mm-sources or gaming-sources if you want to do multimedia or games, and go with reiser3.6 for now.
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Kiroku6 · Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 9:46 pm Post subject:

For fs, do reiser3.6? or reiserfs? Also, what source (gentoo, gaming) should i use (sorry for not specifying). I dont know the advantages/disadvantages of them. What do you need me to sum up?

adaptr · Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 10:10 pm Post subject:

I can't make much of what you're saying here - relax, and read it again.

What you might sum up are the specs of this new system you want to run gentoo on, of course.
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Kiroku6 · Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 10:33 pm Post subject:

Sorry, trying to say too much without thinking about it lol...

Ok,
My new system will be...
Koolance PC2-650 Liquid Cooled
Gigabyte GA7NNXP w/ 3200+ proc
OCZ Enhanced Bandwidth 512mb (soon to be 1gig) Ram
Enermax 475-P PSU
Gainward Nvidia GeForce FX5900XT (128mb)

That is all i can think of, I also plan on using 2 monitors, if that effects anything.

thanks,
Kikiyo

adaptr · Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 10:39 pm Post subject:

Will you be using one HD or several ?
More than one HD is strongly recommended if you want speeeed (and most people do ;-)

)

There is not that much to configure if you'll be using an Athlon system (as I am inferring this will be).
Just use the proper compile flags for the Athlon:

Kiroku6 · Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 10:49 pm Post subject:

I am thinking about buying another hd (i have a WD SATA 120GB). But not sure.

Kiroku6 · Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 1:02 am Post subject:

Well what File System and Sources should i use? If i use Reiser3.6 do i just type, mkreiser3.6 or is it mkreiserfs? Also, as i said before, what sources should i use (ie. Gentoo-sources, Vanilla-sources, etc.)
If this doesnt make much sense sorry,
Kikiyo

yngwin · Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 1:25 am Post subject:

Reiser-3.6 = reiserfs, so don't be confused, just go for reiserfs!
Sources: mm-sources or gentoo-dev-sources

Cflags can certainly be tweaked on a athlon-xp system as well, I use:

Kiroku6 · Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 2:09 am Post subject:

Thanks, is it possible to change my filesystem (upgrade to reiser4). Also, why do you reccomend those sources? (just out of curiosity.)
Should i make my boot partion ext2 or 3 or should i make it reiser too?

Kiroku6 · Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 3:32 am Post subject:

By the way, if it makes a difference, im going to be using Enlightenment.
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yngwin · Posted: Fri May 07, 2004 7:18 pm Post subject: